Role of α-methylacyl coenzyme A racemase in the degradation of methyl-branched alkanes by Mycobacterium sp. strain P101

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 7214-7220

  Sakai, Yasuyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Hironori ^a   Wakasa, Yuori ^a   Kotani, Tetsuya ^a   Yurimoto, Hiroya ^a   Miyachi, Nobuya ^b   Van Veldhoven, Paul P ^c   Kato, Nobuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLACYL COENZYME A RACEMASE; 2 METHYLPENTADECANOYL COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A; ALKANE; ALKANOIC ACID; HEXADECANE; MALATE SYNTHASE; PRISTANE; PROPIONYL COENZYME A; RACEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOMER; MYCOBACTERIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALKANES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MALATE SYNTHASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STEREOISOMERISM; TERPENES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 6044230915     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.21.7214-7220.2004     Document Type: Article

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